mental health

Online mental health sessions continue for parents, residents

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

The Oglethorpe County School System will continue offering virtual mental health seminars for parents and caregivers in the county, helping guide adults through potential challenges their students may face as they grow up.

Katie Edwards, a counselor at Oglethorpe County Elementary School, helps third-grader Londyn Wilson with a work- sheet during a guidance lesson last month. The lessons are regularly held to guide students' empathy, emotion regulation, perseverance and more. (Navya Shukla/For The Oglethorpe Echo)

High need, low accessibility: Oglethorpe County residents face barriers to mental health care, even as teens and schools are willing to have the conversation

Navya Shukla and Sydney Rainwater

Thursday, March 21, 2024

Sonja Thompson Roach remembers the moment last year when a photographer took photos and interviewed her son and his friends for a Time magazine story on mental health and teens.

(EMILY LUPO/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

Overdoses on track to surpass 2022 total

Emily Lupo

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Oglethorpe County Emergency Medical Services is responding to a rise in overdoses, an issue county officials say can impact anyone. There were three recorded overdoses and two deaths last week alone. “It's becoming more and more prevalent,” EMS Director Jason Lewis said.